Gooch & Housego PLC Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (4677X)
30 April 2019 - 4:01PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4677X
Gooch & Housego PLC
30 April 2019
For immediate release 30 April 2019
Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Company")
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Gooch & Housego PLC, the specialist manufacturer of optical
components and systems, announces that Chris Jewell will be
appointed to the Board of Directors as Chief Financial Officer
("CFO") with effect from October 2019 at the latest.
Chris has extensive executive and financial experience, with a
successful track record in technology led, global engineering and
manufacturing businesses operating in A&D, Industrial and Life
Science markets.
He is currently Group Director of Financial Control at TT
Electronics PLC and has previously held senior finance positions at
Cobham PLC and MBDA UK.
Chris is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants,
holds a first class honours degree in History from Cambridge
University and an MA from the London School of Economics.
Andy Boteler, our current CFO, will step down from the Board of
Directors in June 2019 and in the interim period before Chris'
start date, our Group Financial Controller Gareth Crowe will lead
our finance function.
Mark Webster, CEO of Gooch & Housego, commented:
"Chris brings a wealth of global executive and financial
experience. We are looking forward to benefiting from his knowledge
and expertise as we continue to put in place the organisational
structure and business systems needed to take the Company forward
to its next stage of development.
"I would like to thank Andy personally for his support and
advice during my time as CEO. He has been an important part of
G&H's success over many years and will be missed.
"All of Andy's friends and colleagues at the Company wish him
well with his future endeavours."
For further information
contact: -
Mark Webster / Andrew Boteler Gooch & Housego PLC 01460 256440
Mark Court / Sophie Wills/
Catriona Flint Buchanan 020 7466 5000
Patrick Robb/ David Anderson Investec Bank plc 020 7597 5970
Christopher Adrian Jewell (aged 54 years) currently holds or has
held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five
years:
Current Directorships or Partnerships Previous Directorships or Partnerships
A.B. Electronic Components Limited Aerial Facilities Limited
Automotive Electronic Systems
Limited
BI Technologies Limited
Commendshaw Limited
Controls Direct Limited
Crystaliate Electronics Limited
Dale Electric International
Limited
Deltight Washers Limited
Linton and Hirst Group Limited
Midland Electronics Limited
MMG Linton and Hirst Limited
Nulectrohms Limited
Rodco Limited
Sensit Limited
The Brearley Group Limited
TT Asia Holdings Limited
TT Automotive Electronics Limited
TT Electronics Europe Limited
TT Electronics Group Holdings
Limited
TT Electronics Holdco Limited
TT Group Limited
TTG Nominees Limited
TT Power Solutions Limited
TTE Trustees Limited
TTG Properties Limited
Welwyn Electronics Limited
Wolsey Comcare Limited
Notes to editors
1. Gooch & Housego is a photonics technology business
headquartered in Ilminster, Somerset, UK with operations in the USA
and Europe. A world leader in its field, the company researches,
designs, engineers and manufactures advanced photonic systems,
components and instrumentation for applications in the Aerospace
& Defence, Industrial, Life Sciences and Scientific Research
sectors. World leading design, development and manufacturing
expertise is offered across a broad range of complementary
technologies.
2. All financial information included in this announcement is
sourced from unaudited management accounts and excludes any
specific items. This announcement contains certain forward-looking
statements that are based on management's current expectations or
beliefs as well as assumptions about future events. These are
subject to risk factors associated with, amongst other things, the
economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in
the countries and sectors in which G&H operates. It is believed
that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable
but they may be affected by a wide range of variables which could
cause actual results, and G&H's plans and objectives, to differ
materially from those currently anticipated or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Investors should not place undue
reliance on any such statements. Nothing in this announcement
should be construed as a profit forecast.
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